One moment Charlotte was larking about with some lads on a stag do, the next she was bent double in agony…

Stephanie Smith, 37

I’m a writer, not a write-off

What I saw inside it changed my life forever...

Annie stepped into the shower, then everything went blank. She woke up three days later in hospital…

Pulling a hat down over my head, I glanced at my reflection in the mirror, then blinked back tears. Mirrors were my enemy and hats were my armour. It was January 2016, and having recently become a mum